Cleaning the bore as you seat the roundball is just genius!

@james_lessick892

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree gonna try it today.

@chickensandwich1589

2 жыл бұрын

@@james_lessick892 Let me know how it works out for you! I'm still building my squirrel gun at the moment.

@james_lessick892

2 жыл бұрын

I took the 45 out and it worked Great. Gonna do it again next time.

@chickensandwich1589

2 жыл бұрын

@@james_lessick892 Awesome. I'm taking my .40 out tomorrow, definitely trying this method out.

@Nick-wn1xw

2 жыл бұрын

I use a patch lubricant/solvent and never have to clean between shots but I might try this as well to see if it makes a difference. Interesting concept.

I have a .40 that a friend built me years ago. I bought that rifle just to hear it go off. It's a glorious CRACKKK !!!!!

Let me be the FIRST to say how much I enjoyed this video !

I’ve done the same thing Mark. Last year I bought a Pedersoli Bess, a flint Pedersoli Kentucky and converted an Ardesa Pennsylvania (maker of Traditions) percussion to flint using an L&R flint lock I picked up at Dixie on a road trip. Made my own vent liner. Life has gotten in the way and I haven’t made it to the range with any of them but that will change this spring. ACW has gotten old so I’m backing it down a 100 years.

I have a Kibler SMR kit, in .40 caliber, on the way as well! Can't wait to get it together.

6 MOA out of a flintlock.... OFFHAND!! That's incredible!

@Nick-wn1xw

2 жыл бұрын

6 MOA offhand with ANY rifle is great. Nothing more difficult just because it's a flintlock.

@matthewsullivan5713

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick-wn1xw I would argue becoming accustomed to the hang time and the long barreled rifle makes this a trickier shot than most people can pull off. Those details are inherent to the rifle being shot

Great video, thanks for taking us along. I love Black Powder. Blackie Thomas turned me on to you, he loves you're bullet molds.

Very nice! My Kentucky rifle is not even close to being in the same league as yours and those other fellows, but I recently had a renewed interest in shooting it as well. What can I say! Muzzle loaders of all types are fun! Mine is a cap lock CVA JUKAR Kentucky rifle in .45 that I built from a kit when I was just a youngster in my teens. It’s surprising just how accurate even this type of rifle can be but you guys have done really nice rifles! Fun! Thank you!

Keeping a patch on the ramrod keeps the bore clean and consistent. As you know consistency is the mother of accuracy. There is a trick with flintlocks Where you grind a notch in the underside of the frizzen next to the barrel. This allows the first sparks off the frizzen to go down and bounce off the octagon of the barrel and through that notch into the pan. This allows the powder in the pan to ignite before the frizzen moves forward very much at all. This little trick can make your lock time much faster than other flintlocks without this feature. Some of the better locks have a concave surface on the underside of the frizzen on the barrel side that does the same thing. It looks to me like that competitors rifle has gone off pretty early in the frizzen movement stage. He's either had his lock tuned with this feature or has a reproduction of one of the better English locks. I bought one of those Dixie rifles in their left handed percussion style. I got it cheap because someone put it away dirty. I didn't really like the way it handled so I had a new barrel in 54 caliber put on it and had it made into a flintlock using a Jim Chambers kit. It's a very nice rifle now and I am glad to have it. I wanted one of your molds for the Colt Navy and I checked your site for months. Always out of stock. I finally found one on EBay. Thanks for making them. I need to start checking your site for a Sharps paper cartridge mold.. Thanks for all you do. John Davis Jax Fl

If you haven't shot the Kibler SMR you're in for a real treat! I've built 3 so far and am about to finish a Woodsrunner.

Hey Mark, great job on the slow-motion. I have a Dixie Tennessee mountain rifle as well and it is really interesting to hear of your family's involvement in the history of it. I'd like to hear more about that. Regards, Andy

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

2 жыл бұрын

William Bean, the originator of the basic design, was my 5th Great Uncle. Several of his sons were noted gun makers who carried on the same style of rifle.

Nice to see this, I know Bill and talked to him the other day at the Alabama Kentucky Longrifle show, he is a fine gentleman and exceptional craftsman who builds all of the rifles he shoots.

Hey you held mighty steady on that shot. Good job. You will love the Kibler rifle.

Thanks for sharing! This is great!

Such great tips on loading and shooting techniques. Thank you!

Really well done! Very helpful to explain and show stills of the key moments.

Always enjoy your videos, Mark!

I hunt with and have taken a deer with the .50 version of this Dixie rifle so long as I do my part with the flint it goes off nicely. I have that same bess and shoot a close to bore diameter .730 musket ball with a thick ticking patch I've also carried it with an Interesting load I put together during Turkey season in PA didnt get a shot but I'm positive it would have done the job at 50yds or in. I've found with the flinter you dont want to drown the pan just a modest amount of priming not directly on top of that vent the idea is for it to pull the flame inward to the charge crowding the vent can make for hangfires. There is a really nice replacement LRP lock for that Dixie I've yet to install if you can get that rifle running they are nice shooters and will make food.

Very cool . Flintlock is only thing i dont have in muzzloader other than a double . Kind been wanting to build my own from parts .

Thank you for posting

Great video, sure brings back memories for me at long ago mountain do'ens shooting my flinters, thanks.

Hi Mark 👋 great video and thank you 🍻

Thanks for the video…!!!

I own a British sea service flintlock pistol that was a battlefield pick up from the battle of New Orleans. It was in a museum until the late 1980s when it was sold to raise money for the museum... I shoot it every now and then. very fun to shoot.

I just got my Kimbler 36 I love it it's very accurate

I have one of the Dixie Tennessee flint rifles. Never a problem with the liner but replaced the lock with an L&R lock and it is a very quick reliable shooter. Edit: I did have to file down the liner just a little as it was a bit too long. Didn't notice it till you mentioned it.

Great video👌👌👌👌

Looks like a fun day

Nice video, I need to try those pvc shaders

Nice ,how did you correct the problen? I had a problem with my north Carolina Mountain rifle (Gullesppie) family design,I had to drill the white Lightning liner alittle bigger ,and no problem ,,I'm not a fan of lineres

Considering a kibler kit myself. Thinking a 40 cal, never owned one and the thought occurred to me I could experiment with patching the Richmond labs bullet, would have to be backwards of course, but curious if it would shoot well.

awesome video! well done!

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Interesting that he would run a cleaning patch down the bore before shooting another round. I was taught the same thing, but with a bore brush in between shots over 40 yrs ago, never tried it with a wet patch. But only do this when time permits, as you know sometimes during a hunt, you need a fast follow up shot, but I will explore this for an increase in accuracy, if it works, it works. Thx for the vid

I'm going to try that cleaning patch trick.

Thank you for your channel. I've learned so much and I enjoy it very much. My question is, I enjoy the process of making paper cartridges, do you know of a cartridge design for the 50 caliber Hawken rifle? If so, was there an original cartridge box design for that caliber? and who was the manufacture back in the 1800's?

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

10 ай бұрын

Prepared cartridges for muzzleloading rifles were almost exclusively for military arms. Civilian rifles used loose powder and ball. There would not have been a cartridge or packaging for a Hawken or other civilian rifle. The military cartridges were not combustable. They held a pre-measured charge and a lubed bullet. Johnston & Dow did make a fully combustable rifle musket cartridge during the War and sold over a million to the US Government, but they were just a drop in the bucket in the billions of rounds produced. They used a nitrated skin and looked much like a revolver cartridge except they held 60 grains and were attached to three groove minnie bullet.

I have a 40 caliber southern mountain rifle made in Tennessee by a gunsmith . I have hunted with it and killed deer using round ball and 50 grains of powder . Really fun to shoot .

Great video! Looking forward to the Kibler video. May I ask what was wrong with your gun and the correction

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

2 жыл бұрын

The bronze vent liner hole was much too small and the liner was too long. It extended into the barrel. I shortened it, enlarged the vent and opened the "cup" on the back side of it.

I just ordered a kibler right for myself a 36

looking forward to seeing you shot that rifle . I reenact civil war and shot civil war muskets but love my flint locks .

I would like to order one the kibler southern mountain rifle kits .

Kimbler rocks 36 squirrel rifle

What type sights were those on the man in the red shirts rifle?

@ericsmith5919

2 жыл бұрын

The sights are ordinary iron sights with lengths of PVC pipe attached to the barrel over them. This is done in order to prevent glare and avoid differences in sight picture that might be caused by the presence or absence of direct sunlight on the sights.

Talk about a change of pace compared to your caplock topics. It's refreshing!

Hi papa

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mr Leland! I have a flintlock rifle with your name on it. Come see me and we will go shoot it!